The general player base needs to improve

[Lord_Zlatan]

1-Players need to improve because they play with other people. It's not fun to play with people that don't play accordingly. That applies to every game ever.
2-Yes, you have options for difficulty: Dungeons, NM primals, NM raids, EX primals, Savage raids, Ultimate.
3-Adding a middle ground: Midcore content, will help with their learning curve. If everything is faceroll easy, these attitudes will carry over harder content.
4-The topic aims to find a way to educate "bad players" and find a way to teach them how to play accordingly, see point 1.

My question is... are EX Primals intended to be that midcore content?

Tough to answer. They still fall into that "don't know the mechanics = wipe" category, but they do, once you know the mechanics, come into the "easy" category.

I don't know how to implement it, or what is considered midcore in this game... is it the 24man stuff?